News release: Persistent and continuing air quality violations at Mono Lake due to dewatering
The Great Basin Unified Air Polution Control District‘s letter emphasizes how: The historical water diversions by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) from Mono Lake have lowered the lake level and caused the persistent and continuing violations of law regarding the PM10 standards. The only feasible solution is to allow the lake level to rise to inundate the emissive areas of the lake bed. Water savings from Owens Lake dust mitigation efforts would completely offset exports from Mono Lake.